Amsterdam, 1943. Hanneke spends her days finding and delivering sought-after black market goods to paying customers, nights hiding the true nature of her work from her concerned parents, and every waking moment mourning her boyfriend, who was killed on the Dutch front lines when the German army invaded.

It is the late 19th century in the Eastern End of London, and a dangerous serial killer is on the loose. With little time before the killer takes another life, it is up to the infamous duo, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, to figure out the true identity of the killer that would soon become notorious: Jack the Ripper.

Death is nothing new to Dino, as his parents own a funeral home, but when the dead don’t stay dead, he finds that he has a harder time coping.

As the Jhereg is the only house in which someone could buy into, it attracts a large number of the Easterns, an oppressed race. Vlad Taltos is one such member and just like every other member, he is a part of the house for one reason, for dirty money.

Fast Facts Title: Guards! Guards! Author: Terry Pratchett Publication Date: 1989 Genre: Fantasy, Mystery Rating: 5/5 For Carrot, life as a [...]